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| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Pertusaria boweniana A.W.Archer & Elix | ||
| in A.W.Archer, Biblioth. Lichenol. 69: 48 (1997) T: Stony Ck, Bowenia State Forest, 25 km NNW of Yeppoon, Qld, 22°55’S, 150°39’E, 24 Aug. 1993, J.A.Elix 34570; holo: CANB. |
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| Thallus off-white, thin, cracked, smooth and dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia scattered, verruciform, rarely confluent, hemispherical, concolorous with the thallus, 0.5–0.8 mm diam. Ostioles inconspicuous, black, punctiform, 1 per verruca. Ascospores 8 per ascus, uniseriate, ellispoidal to subfusiform, 60–70 × 25-30 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing 2’-O-methylstenosporic acid (major), 2-chlorolichexanthone (minor), 2’-O-methylperlatolic acid (trace) and 2’-O-methyldivaricatic acid (trace). | ||
| A rare, endemic, corticolous species that is known only from the type locality in north-eastern Qld. | ||
| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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